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How to watch the Eta Aquariid meteor shower this weekend

Meteors will be streaking across the sky this weekend as Earth passes through the debris of Halley’s Comet. The annual ...

Rep. Henry Cuellar accused of taking bribes from Azerbaijan, Mexican bank

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Tex.) and his wife allegedly accepted $600,000 in bribes from an oil company controlled by the Azerbaijan ...

What’s next for Congress on the world front

In Rep. Michael McCaul’s office, World War II artifacts and images are on display, such as a B-17 bombardier jacket ...

Biden, congressional Democrats distance themselves from campus protests

President Biden and top Democratic lawmakers in Washington distanced themselves from pro-Palestinian protests engulfing many college campuses this week, as ...

U.S. tells Qatar to evict Hamas if it obstructs Israeli hostage deal

The United States has told Qatar that it should expel Hamas if the group continues to reject a cease-fire with ...

Hope Hicks gets teary testifying at Trump’s hush money trial

NEW YORK — Hope Hicks, a former top aide to Donald Trump, appeared to break down crying on the witness ...

Biden awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19, including Evers, Pelosi and Ledecky

President Biden on Friday gave the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 19 people — with ...

Democrats bracing for massive protests at party’s August convention

As protests over the Israel-Gaza war sweep college campuses, pro-Palestinian activists are ramping up plans for a major show of ...

Johnson & Johnson to pay $6.5 billion to resolve nearly all talc ovarian cancer lawsuits in U.S.

Johnson & Johnson on Wednesday said it plans to pay $6.5 billion over 25 years to settle nearly all of the ...

Google lays off hundreds of ‘Core’ employees, moves some positions to India and Mexico

Just ahead of its blowout first-quarter earnings report on April 25, Google laid off at least 200 employees from its “Core” teams, ...